When we ask a child what "Responsibility" is, generally, he answers: "It is one that an individual has to carry a task to a successful conclusion…", thereby demonstrating their high capacity to learn, "like sponges", they assimilate everything that we teach them and almost just by seeing or hearing something for the first time.
Academically, that is exactly what we teach our children about the word "Responsibility."
Generally, we transfer this same concept to home education, with phrases more or less like this: "It's your responsibility, tidy up your room" or "It's your responsibility, take the dog for a walk"…
In our lives as adults, we assume as part of our "responsibility" the role of parents, children, spouses, employees, bosses and with few exceptions, in the same way as when we were children, that is, to carry out our task or role to a happy end..
Sometimes, sadly, like a long and painful list of loads to be fulfilled, even making a checklist, at other times, without even thinking about what is the purpose of accomplishing this task or this mission?
The truth is, that on many occasions and even from an early age, we postpone and even evade many of our "responsibilities", we even get to the point, and it is seen a lot in our leaders and employees, to say: "… that is not my responsibility, it is so and so… ”, thus leaving the task unfinished or poorly done, since whoever had to assume it, generally, ended up making it obliged, to comply or because there was no way out.
In general, most young children believe that problems are alien to them and grow up with the idea that if it is not their or their family's turn, suffering from a certain situation is, in fact, not their problem, that is, not it is his "responsibility", nor that of his closest affections.
Thus, we grow up with the habit of blaming the other, of what happens to us, because it is never our "responsibility", but rather the other's.
The truth is, sadly, in the vast majority of cases, sometimes in entire societies, we have defined the word "responsibility" very superficially.
This superficiality, which has come to our detriment as individuals and as a society.
Responsibility, in my opinion, implies much more than carrying out a task to a successful conclusion, it is understanding that each of our actions, words and thoughts are generators of our reality, it is understanding that we have the power to do the causes (correct or incorrect) for effects or consequences depending on our actions, we have the power to create realities.
It is in a few words, living aware of one of the most comprehensive universal laws, because it covers everything, which is the " Law of Cause and Effect."
When one understands and assumes the true meaning of this law, his life changes forever.
If only for one day you do the exercise of passing through this sieve everything you think, say or do, you will realize, in a very few hours, all the passive or active actions, which you do without measuring your true responsibility and about the consequences that these will bring to your life or even to the lives of others.
In nature, we see daily, the consequences of our irresponsible and disrespectful actions towards it, we only think about the satisfaction of human needs in the short term, without even evaluating: What will we leave to future generations?
In our daily lives, we tend to be individualists and now we see entire societies polarized, with a growing number of populations at risk of social exclusion.
When our hostile, arrogant, angry attitude also changes, the subject that is the object of all this behavior, it will, because, at least, they will not have to live on the defensive against such an "ogre", but the first benefit, undoubtedly, will be the very person who decided to take "responsibility" for each and every one of the actions that generate their own reality.
If instead of hostility, your attitude is to be kind, humble, peaceful and instead of frowning, you are more smiling, your mood will change and you will be able to communicate a more positive attitude to your environment.
If we continue to delve into this Law and consequently assume that we are “responsible” for our actions, we will understand that each decision we make will bring consequences right now or in the future that we can define as: satisfactory or not, to the same extent that our actions were in harmony with respect, responsibility or love, for ourselves, as for others.
If we go through life hurting the other, insulting him or disqualifying him, let us not be surprised that later on, that is exactly what we receive.
In my opinion, "responsibility" is an act of kindness at every moment, it is to become sensitive and respectful human beings towards ourselves and towards others, it is to go further and respect each living being, even considering our common home, our planet earth, as a living being.
"Responsibility" is not a term that we should only use to set goals and meet them.
"Responsibility" begins with our own life, our health, what we eat, what we think, what we look at, hear, say, do or stop doing, as if trying to ignore it.
That is the concept, in my opinion, that we must transmit to our children and that we must practice every day.
We must teach our children to take responsibility for their emotions and feelings, teach them to manage them, but for this, it is we adults who must first learn it and thus be able to be consistent between what we teach and what we do, from the heart.
